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... to note that they covered so much area but not into India, South Korea or right to the south of Asia. This is because they were not suited for jungle warfare and lost many soldiers to the diseases found in jungle areas such as Malaria. Alexander the Great had similar issues when conquering to expand his borders. Not far out onto the road we see the terrain continue to change The small tractors with very low reving engines have been replaced by two ...

We start rolling at 7.30 am and visit an old Tibetan Putuo Zongcheng Temple that is a small copy of Potala palace of Lhasa. At around 6 pm we arrive to Hohhot and one of the sponsors Beaume organizes a welcoming party with bright Lion dance, champagne and big dinner with Chinese wine. Most of the guests get drunk. And we stay in the lobby until midnight with another bottle of wine. Today is really an exhausting day with plenty of alcohol.

... space: pre-wrap;">As the sun set, a short hike up to a high point offered a unique view of my surroundings. Typically, there is no chance for an elevated view of anything, but here, a very steep climb offered such a view.

... by this point. There was one that I wanted to go in, but by the time I found it it was closed for the day.

On my last day I went to the Mongolian History Museum, which was brilliant. Again the bus route was a bit confusing (but you can't really complain for a 10p single that gets you across the whole city!) but I got there okay. The museum was pretty big and well worth a visit. It had a big section on dinosaurs, which I ...

... I didn't purchase any. I subsequently learnt the other things they were flogging were flasks of (possibly alcoholic) Mongolian milk. They were in bladder shaped flasks to try to be authentic.

The hostel had said that they would pick me up from the station, but when I was on the train I got an message saying it wasn't possible. I was bombarded with people shoving leaflets down my face at the train station. The city isn't a ...